Display mount having corner pockets



April 9, 1957 5. E, NICHOLS 2,787,853

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April 9, 1957 G. E. NICHOLS 2,787,853

DISPLAY MOUNT HAVING CORNER POCKETS Filed Jan. 26, 1952 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 w jrzverzior Qardum Un e Stat t fi DISPLAY MOUNT HAVING CORNER POCKETS ApplicationJanuary 26, 1952, Serial No. 268,440

13 Claims. (Cl. 40-120) This invention pertains to display mounts. While of more general utility, the invention is herein illustrated merely by way of example as embodied in'a desk calendar wherein a calendar pad, comprising a plurality of registering paper leaves united at or adjacent to'their upper edges only, is arranged within a window or shallow recess or well at the front of the mount. In the embodiment selected for illustration, the 'mount itself comprises a plurality of plies of cardboard or the like having the requisite shape-retaining stiffness and held in assembled relation by a thin, flexible binder of paper or the like.

One of the problems involved in the design of an acceptable calendar mount is that of preventing the lower corners of the leaves, which constitute the calendar pad, from curling forwardly or forming dog ears. As one solution of this problem, it has heretofore been proposed to provide the mount with pockets of one kind or another, at or adjacent to the lower corners of the window, for the reception of the right and left-hand lower corners, respectively, of the pad, thereby to prevent the leaf corners from curling, butwithout interfering with the removal of successive leaves from the pad. Since calendar mounts of this type are customarily designed as advertising media,

and for that use are to be given away, the manufacturing cost of such mounts must be kept as low as. possible. Thus the number ,of separate operationslshouldbe kept at a minimum and the individual operations should "be easy of performance and by the use of dies oriother ma-L chine elements of simple andinexpensive design. How-. ever, the provision of acceptable corner pockets,'at least for mounts of better grades, has heretofore usuallyine volved careful manipulative-processes and the use of expensive dies with attendant high production cost.

The present invention has for its principal object the provision of av display mounthaving a window for the reception of a calendar pad or the like and with retaining pockets for the lower corners of the pad, which canbe made at a relatively low cost as compared with most prior practices. A further object is to provide a display mount comprising a front board having therein a window or well forthe reception of an article to be displayed and having pockets at the lower. cornersv of, the well or window forthe reception of the cornersof said article.., A further object is to provide a display mount. comprising a front board having therein. awindow. or well for the reception of a calendar pad or the like, and wherein the front board comprises portions capable, of being moved forwardly from the plane of its front face, thereby to. form'pockets'for the reception of thelower corners of the pad. A furtherobject is to provide a display mount comprising a front boardhaving therein a window or well' and a second board immediately to the rear of the front board and which forms a rear wall for the window,

and having L'-shaped retainer elements defining the. lower cornersof'the: window and which overlie the corners of the calendar pad toprevent said cornersfrom curling. -A

the: objects andwadvantagejsroflthe invention -..will be Patented Apr. 9, 1957 ice pointed out in the following more detailed description and by reference to the accompanying drawings wherein- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a display mount embodying the present invention and designed to hold a calendar pad, but omitting the pad;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the mount shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. l to a larger scale and'showing the cardboard of which the mount is made much thicker than it actually is, thereby moreclearly to show details of construction;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, horizontal section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 1, also showing the cardboard as of greater thickness than it actually is;

. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the front face of the front board at an early stage in the process of manufacture;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the rear face of the frontboard as it appears in the completed mount, the other boards and thebinding material being broken away to show the rear face of the front board; and

Fig. 7 is a large scale section on the line 77 of Fig. l,

While here illustrated for this particular purpose, it is to be understood that the principal features of the invention are applicable to mounts of other styles and for holding articles other than calendar pads. The mount as thus illustrated has substantially horizontal upper and lower edges and upwardly convergent, lateral edges, and is thus of trapezoidal outline. Mounts of this sort are usually made of cardboard of suitable thickness and of a stiffness such that the mount will retain its shape during use, but it is contemplated that the present invention may be embodied in mounts made of other material than cardboard, if desired. As herein illustrated, the mount comprises three plies of cardboard, but it is not always essential to employ three plies and the principal objects of the present invention may be obtained in mounts comprising but two always necessary that the several boards be of the same dimensions, at least both horizontally and vertically. The

three plies 2, 3 and 4 are of cardboard of appropriate thickness and stiffness and, as here illustrated, the rear board 4 has a surface facing 5, which may be of thin paper or the like appropriate to provide a pleasing finish. However, the rear board 4 may be of a material having a self-finish, in which event the paper facing 5 may be omitted. The intermediate board 3 is shown as having a finish, or facing layer at least, at both front and rear. The front board 2 has a facing 6 of some thin, flexible material, for example, ornamental paper, and, as here illustrated, certain margins of this facing 6, specifically the lateral and top margins as indicated at 7 (Fig. 3), extend beyond the front face of the board 2 and are wrapped around the registering edges of the three boards 2, 3 and 4 and are turned over against the rear surface of the back board 4, as shown at 8 (Fig. 2), and secured to the back board by adhesive, thus binding the several boards together. In the embodiment herein disclosed (Fig. 3), thelower margin of the front facing 6 does not 1 wrap the lower edges of the three boards but is turned up against the rear surface of the front board and intervenes between the latter and the board 3. 1 With this arrangement it is possible, if desired, to separate. the lower edges of the front and intermediate boards by bowing the front board forwardly at its lower part. However, this is not at all essential to the present invention.

As here illustrated (Fig. 2), the display mount comprises a leg or easel portion 9 which is formed from the back board by suitable incisions but which is hinged to the back board along the horizontal line 10. This hinge may result from a mere indentation of the back board along the line 10 or from an incision passing partly through the thickness of the back board, for example, from front to rear, leaving a portion of the back board or the rear facing 5 to constitute a flexible hinge. The lower edge 11 (Fig. 2) of the easel 9 is here shown as substantially in horizontal alignment with the lower edge 12 of the back board proper, and in the easel 9 there is formed a brace member 13, flexibly hinged to the easel 9 along the line 14 and, at its lower edge, flexibly hinged at 15 to a second element of the brace (not here shown) and which is hinged to the intermediate board 3, thus providing a toggle linkage whereby the easel 9 may be held in operative relation, diverging downwardly and rear wardly from the hinge line 10. While this is a desirable form of easel and brace, it is to be understood that so far as the present invention is concerned any appropriate form of brace and easel may be employed.

The front board 2 is desirably of approximately the thickness of the calendar pad before any leaves have been torn off, and in this front board 2 there is formed the display window 16 within which the calendar pad is arranged. As illustrated in Fig. 1, this window has a horizontal upper edge 17, and at its central portion has a horizontal lower edge 18 which is spaced from the edge 17 a distance substantially equalling the height of the calendar pad. The upper part of the display window is laterally defined by vertical edges 19 and 20, while the lower corners of the display window are defined by the curved edges 21 and 22. The edge 21 intersectsthe vertical edge 19 at the point 21 and the horizontal edge 18 at the point 21 while the curved edge 22 intersects the vertical edge 26 at the point 22 and the horizontal edge 18 at the point 22 The edges 21 and 22, as hereinafter more fully described, define the upper boundaries of forwardly movable retainer members 23 and 24, respectively, behind which the lower corners of the calendar pad are placed and confined so as to prevent them from curling. In Fig. 7, a calendar pad P is shown as installed in the window 16 with its lower portion interposed between the intermediate board 3 and the retaining member 24, the latter being shown as pushed forwardly out of the plane of the front board 2 a distance substantially corresponding to the thickness of the calendar pad.

In making the mount of the present invention the several boards are cut from the cardboard by the use of dies. For cutting the front board a simple form of die is employed which, in one operation, forms the outer edges,

of the front board and also two L-shaped slots 25 and 26 located near the lower right and left-hand corners of the front board. These slots have the vertical legs 27 and 28, respectively, and the horizontal legs 29 and 30, respectively, the horizontal legs being aligned with each other. While the exact width of these slots is not vital to the practice of the invention, it has been found that a width of approximately /8 inch is desirable for assuring the desired freedom of motion of the retainer elements. The inner edges 31 and 32 of the vertical legs 27 and 28 of these slots are spaced apart horizontally a distance substantially equalling the horizontal width of the calendar pad which is to be displayed. The upper edges 33 and 34 of the horizontal legs 29 and of these slots are horizontally aligned and in the plane of the lower edge of the calendar pad which is to be displayed. The lengths of the vertical and horizontal legs of these slots will depend upon the desired dimensions of the retainer elements 23 and 24, and these dimensions will, to

a certain extent, be determined by the desired ornamental appearance of the window 16. After the slots 25 and 26 have been formed in the front board, the facing material 6 is applied to the front face of this board, the facing extending across the open slots 25 and 26. The intermediate board 3 is then applied to the rear face of the front board and the rear board 4 is assembled with the other two boards and the margins of the facing are then wrapped around the edges of the boards and secured in place, as above described, thus holding the three boards in assembled relation. While this is a desirable way of uniting the several boards, it is within the purview of the invention to secure the several boards, or two of the boards, to each other by adhesively uniting them face to face. However, in accordance with the present invention the facing 6 will be applied to the front board in any event. If desired, the intermediate board may be provided with one or more finger openings F to facilitate the proper placing of the pad in the window.

Having applied the facing 6 and assembled the several boards as above described, the assembly is placed upon a suitable support, with the back board 3 down, and by means of an appropriate die or dies the window aperture 16 is formed, the cutting edges of the die or dies passing downwardly through the facing 6 and through the full thickness of the front board 2the intermediate board 3 forming an appropriate cutting bed for contact by the sharp edges of the die, thus avoid injury to the die edges. However, the cutting edges of the die do not intentionally pass through or even enter to any substantial depth into the thickness of the intermediate board 3.

The die or dies employed are so shaped as to form the edges 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 above described, and the material included between the incisions is ejected in any suitable way, leaving the window opening free for the reception of the calendar pad.

Because the incision which defines the curved corner edge 21 terminates at the edges 31 and 33 of the slot 25, while the iricision which defines the curved edge 22 terminates at the edges 32 and 34 of the slot 26, it results that portions 23 and 24 of the front board 3 are thus completely severed and isolated from the remainder of the frorit board, thus forming the retainer elements 23 and 24 as above referred to. These retainer elements are substantially L-shaped, their curved edges 21 and 22 defining the lower corners of the sight opening through which the pad P is exposed, while their outer and lower edges are defined by the inner and upper edges, respectively, of the slots 25 and 26. These isolated portions 23 and 24 of the front board are connected to the remainder of the front board only by the facing paper which bridges the gaps between these portions and the remainder of the front board, as indicated at 6 (Fig. 6), and since this facing paper is flexible these stiff portions of cardboard 23 and 24 float, as it were, and may be moved forwardly out of the plane of the remainder of the front board sufficiently to form spaces or pockets between the rear faces and the parts 23 and 24 and the front face of the intermediate board 3, into which the lower corners of the calendar pad may be slipped, as illustrated in Fig. 7. If the vertical legs of the parts 23 and 24 extend up far enough, it may not be necessary to secure the calendar pad to the mount other than by slipping its lateral edges and lower corners down into the pockets referred to. On the other hand, if the retainer members 23 and 24 are, for reasons of ornament or otherwise, made of substantially smaller dimensions than here indicated, it may be necessary to staple the upper portion of the calendar pad to the intermediate board 3. However, in any event, the introduction of the calendar pad into the window 16 is easily accomplished, and when once in position the lower corners of the pad are constrained against forward curling, although the removal of leaves successively from the pad is easily accomplished, since the lower edges are accessible at the horizontal edge 18 of the window opening.

war-mesa From -th'e"above descriptioni it will 'be obvious that a i mount-,com'pris'ing bu t' two' of the boafds above described, for example the'bo'ards 2 and 4, may be made to accomplishthe same results as above'described, although the employment of an intermediate board insures a contin'uous'rear wall for the window 16, thus avoiding possibility that the calendar pad might buckle rearwardly, as might be the case werethe rear board provided with an easel member such as herein shown-and described.

By the above procedure it is-possible to provide a mount having corner pockets of desired dimensions and capable of reliably holding the corners of the calendar pad in position by a procedure which can be carried out by the use'of dies of a simple and inexpensive type and requiring a minimum of hand manipulations, thus providing a mount capable of being produced at a reasonable cost and which, at the Sametime, has an outward appearance and functional capability equal to those of mounts made according-to. much more expensive procedures.

While v a desirable embodiment has herein been disclosed by way of example, it is to be understood that the invention is broadly inclusive of any and all modifications falling within the scope. of the appended claims.

Iclaim:

l. A display mount comprising a front member having therein a well for the reception of a substantially rectangular calendar pad, the upper portion at least of the well in .the front member being of substantially the width of the pad and the central portion, at least, of the well being of substantially the vertical height of the pad, and a retainer arranged at each lower corner respectively of the well for keeping the lower corners of the pad within the confines of the well, each retainer being of stiff, shaperetaining material and being independent of and movable relatively to said front member, and flexible means so uniting each retainer to the forward member of the mount as to permit the retainers to be moved forwardly sufficiently to allow the lower corners of a pad disposed in the well to be arranged behind said corner retainers.

2. A display mount comprising a front member having therein a window for the display of a calendar pad or the like, the central portion of the window being of the full height of the pad to be displayed and the upper portion of the window being of the full width of the pad to be displayed, the lower corner portions of the window being of lesser height and width than the pad to be displayed and being defined by substantially L-shaped retainer elements which are separate from and movable relatively to said front member and which normally lie in the plane of the front member, and flexible means so uniting said L-shaped retainer elements to the main body of the front member that said retainer elements are bodily movable in the forward direction to receive behind them the lower right and left corners, respectively, of a calendar pad exposed within the window.

3. A calendar mount comprising a front board of a thickness approximately equalling the initial thickness of a calendar pad, said front board having therein a well for the reception of the pad to be displayed, said well being of a size su'ch'th'at the entire pad may be received in the well and lie-within the thickness of the front board,

and pad retaining elements at the lower corners respectively of said well, said elements normally lying in the plane of said front board and consisting of L-shapcd pieces of the same material asthat forming the front board but being completely separate from the movable relatively to themain body of the front board, and flexible means so uniting the retainer elements to the mainbody ofthe front board t hat said retainer elements may be moved forwardly from the plane of the front board thereby to admit thelower corners of a pad behind them. vr

4'. A display mount comprising a front board having therein horizontally spaced, L-shaped gaps each having a horizontal leg and'a vertical leg, the proximate edges of theverticaltlegs. of vthe two gaps-being spaced apart the fulltwidth ofthe-'calendanpad to-be displayed,-the uppersv edge'siof thehorizontal legs of the gaps being aligned with the lower edge of thecalendar'pad, the front board have ingtherein a. window which, at its central portion, is of thefull height-.of/the icalendar pad and whose lower edge," at its central-portion, is aligned with the upper edges of" the horizontal legs of 'the twogaps, the central portion ofthe window being of the-full height of the pad to be displayed, the lateral edges of the window, at its upper por tion, being aligned with said proximate edges of the vertical legs of the respective gaps, the front board having retainerportions shaped to define the lower corners of the window and which are bounded at their lateral edges by said proximate edges of the vertical legs of the respec: tive, L-shaped gaps and at their lower edges by the upper v edges of the horizontal arms ofthe respective L-shaped gaps, and flexible means bridging said gaps and uniting said retainer portions to the main body of the front board 5, A calendardisplay mount comprising a front board and a second board, the two boards being of substantially the samehorizontal dimensions, the front board having spaced, ,L-shaped gaps eachvhaving a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, the horizontal legs being directed toward each other, the upper edges of the horizontal legs of the two, gaps being aligned andin the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the pad to be displayed, proximate edges of theyertical legs of'the respective gaps being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the maximum width of the calendar pad to be displayed, a thin,-fiexible facing:

secured to the front edge of the front board, the casing extending across said gaps, the second board being ar-, ranged atthe rear side of the front board and marginal portions of the facing extending about the edges of the two boards and thereby binding the two boards together, the front board having therein a display window bounded by incisions which extend rearwardly through the facing and through the front board but not through the second board, two of said incisions, respectively, extending from the upper ends of said proximate edges of the vertical legs of-the L-shaped gaps to the inner ends respectively, of the to the initial thickness of the calendar pad, said front board having therein horizontally spaced, L-shaped gaps each having acvertical leg and a horizontal leg, the horizontal legs being directed toward each other, the upper. edges of the horizontal legs of the two gaps beingalignedand in the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the cal endar pad to be displayed, the proximate edges of the ver.

tical legsof the gaps defining the locations of the right and left-hand edges of the calendar pad" to be displayed,

a thin, flexible facing secured to the front surface of the front board, the frontboard having therein a "display window bounded by incisions which extend rearward-1y,

through the facing and through, the full thickness of the front board, certain of said'inci'sions extending from the upper ends of said proximate edges of the vertical legs of the respective" L shaped gaps to the inner ends of the upper edges of, the horizontal legs of the corresponding gaps, said latter incisions defining the right and left lower,

corners respectively, of the display window.

7-. A display; mount for holding an article. of rectangular contour and ,of-substantially uniform thickness, said.

mount including a ply of stifi sheet material having thereiniazwell'for theareception of. the article to bedisplayed,

horizontally spaced 1 substantially L -shaped rctaineriele ments, separate from and movable relatively to said ply, normally lying in the plane of said ply and having edges which define the lower corners of a display Window, which, at its upper portion, is of a width substantially equalling the width of the article to be displayed but which, at its lower portion is narrower than the article, and means so connecting said L-shaped retainer elements to said ply that said L-shaped retainer elements may be moved out of the plane of said ply thereby to permit the lower corners of the article which is to be displayed to lie in the plane of said ply.

8. A display mount for holding an article of rectangular contour and of substantially uniform thickness, said mount including a ply of stiff sheet material having therein an article receiving well of a size and shape to receive the article to be displayed, horizontally spaced, substantially L-shaped retainer elements separate from and movable relatively to said ply and which normally lie in the plane of said ply, said retainer elements having curved edges which define the left and right lower portions of a display window which at its upper portion is defined by the left and right vertical edges of the well and which at its upper portion at least is of a width at least as great as that of the article to be displayed, the L-shaped retainer elements being of such dimensions that the lower portion of said display window is narrower horizontally than the article to be displayed, the lower horizontal edge. of said L-shaped elements being spaced from the top edge of the window a distance substantially equal to the vertical height of the article to be displayed and the remote vertical edges of said L-shaped elements being spaced apart a distance substantially equal to the width of the upper part of the window, and flexible means so connecting each said L-shaped retainer elements to said ply that said elements may be moved out of the plane of said ply so as to allow the article to be installed in the well.

9. A calendar mount comprising a front board of cardboard of a thickness approximately equalling the initial thickness of a calendar pad, said front board having therein a window for the reception of the calendar pad, and having gaps therein which separate portions of the front board from the main body of the front board, said separated portions defining the lower corners of said window, and flexible material bridging the gaps and uniting said separated portions to the main body of the front board.

10. A display mount comprising a back board, an intermediate board and a front board, thin, flexible facing material covering the front face of the front board and which extends about the lateral edges at least of the several boards and binds them together, the front board having therein a window aperture for the display of a calendar pad, the upper portion of the window being of the full width of the pad and the central portion of the window being of the full height of the pad, each of the lower corners of the window being defined by a part which is independent of and movable relatively to the main body of the front board, the latter having gaps therein which separate said movable portions from the main body of the front board, the thin, flexible facing material bridging said gaps and flexibly uniting each of said movable portions to the main body of the front board.

11. A display mount for a calendar pad, said mount comprising a front board having therein a window and a second board immediately to the rear of the front board and which provides a rear wall for the window, thin, flexible material covering the front face of the front board and which constitutes a binding whereby the two boards are united with their lateral edges in registry, the upper portion of the window in the front board being of the full width of the calendar pad which is to be displayed and the central portion of the window being of the full height of said calendar pad, retainer elements, independent of and movable relatively to the main body of said front board and which define the lower corners respectively of the window, the front board having therein spaced gaps which separate said retainer elements from the main body of the front board, said retainer elements being flexibly united to the main body of the front board and being movable forwardly relatively to the main body of the front board to admit the lower corners of a calendar pad between them and the second board.

12. A display mount for a calendar pad or the like, said mount comprising a front board of a thickness substantially equal to the initial thickness of the calendar pad, said front board having therein horizontally spaced, L-shaped gaps each having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, the horizontal legs being aligned and being in the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the calendar pad to be displayed, the vertical legs of said gaps being spaced apart a distance substantially equalling the horizontal width of the calendar pad to be displayed, a rear, flexible facing secured to the front face of the front board, the front board having therein incisions which extend through the facing and through the full thickness of the front board, one of said incisions being straight and horizontal and connecting the proximate ends of the horizontal legs of said L-shaped gaps, and others of said incisions extending from the opposite ends, respectively, of said straight, horizontal incision to the upper ends of the vertical legs of the respective L-shaped gaps, the front board comprising corner retaining portions which are completely divided from the remainder of said board but which are attached to the remainder of the front board by the flexible facing maten'al.

13. A display mount for a calendar pad or the like, said mount comprising a front board of a thickness substantially equal to the initial thickness of the calendar pad, said front board having therein horizontally spaced, L-shaped gaps each comprising a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, the horizontal legs being aligned and in the horizontal plane of the lower edge of the pad when the latter is assembled with the mount, the vertical legs being spaced a distance equal to the width of the calendar pad to be displayed, a flexible facing secured to the front surface of said board, the facing extending across the aforesaid incisions, the front board having therein a display window which is bounded by incisions passing through the facing and through the full thickness of the front board one of said latter incisions being horizontal and connecting the adjacent ends of the horizontal legs of the L-shaped gaps, curved incisions connecting the opposite ends, respectively, of said horizontal connecting gaps with the upper ends of the vertical legs of the respective L-shaped gaps, the L-shaped gaps and the curved incisions defining floating portions of the front board which are completely divided from the remainder of the board, said floating portions being attached to the remainder of the front board only by the flexible facing, the front board having therein another horizontal incision spaced vertically from the first-named horizontal incision and defining the position of the upper edge of the pad which is to be displayed, the front board having therein other vertical incisions, connecting the opposite ends of said last-named horizontal incision with the upper ends of the vertical legs of the respective L-shaped gaps.

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